For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them.

(Insanity) is not hubris, not pride; it is inflation of the ego to its ultimate - confusion between him who worships and that which is worshipped. Man has not eaten God; God has eaten man.

And of course, in my writing, there is the constant theme of music, love of, preoccupation with, music. Music is the single thread making my life into a coherency.

Fish cannot carry guns.

That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky.

The most dangerous kind of person... is one who is afraid of his own shadow.

You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury.